Rummel and Jesuit’s return to John Ryan Stadium produced no free baseball, but Wednesday night’s 1-0 gem that ended in favor of the host Blue Jays did not lack for drama.

With starters Kaleb Roper and Cody Migliore locked in a scoreless pitching duel, it took a dribbled infield hit by Jesuit third baseman Brandon Sequeira with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to decide the outcome.

Sequeira’s hit was fielded near the back of the pitcher’s mound by Rummel third baseman Devin Morrill, but the ensuing one-hop throw to first could not be handled by Jeremy Sterling allowing pinch runner Mason Koppens to score from third base with the decisive run.

Jesuit’s victory, though not quite as stirring as the 2-1 victory the Blue Jays recorded against the Raiders in 18 innings at Ryan Stadium last season, was desperately needed. This time there was no controversy over excessive pitch counts by either side.

The Blue Jays entered on a two-game winning streak, yet, still fresh on their minds was a two-game sweep by top-ranked Brother Martin last week in the opening District 9-5A series for both teams.

“It was brought up in the dugout, as a little bit of a joke,’’ Migliore said referring to last year’s 18-inning marathon. “We said we’re not going to go 18 today.’’

The game certainly had the look of one headed for extra innings until the fateful bottom half of the sixth.

First baseman Dylan Weston opened the inning with a single to center field and was replaced by Koppens as a pinch runner. A sacrifice bunt by second baseman Blake Baker pushed Koppens to second from which he advanced to third on a ground out to short by right fielder Ben Hess.

Sequeira then followed with the difficult bouncing grounder that scored Koppens and knocked out Roper in favor of Sterling. Left fielder Nathan Zimmer then collected his second hit and Jesuit’s eighth overall before Sterling retired the side via strikeout.

Jesuit Coach Joey Latino then handed the ball to reliever Andrew Mitchell and the senior left-hander retired the Raiders in order in the seventh for a save.

Migliore, 6-1, was masterful for six innings in his first start since suffering his lone defeat in an 8-1 loss to Brother Martin one week earlier in which he allowed six hits and five earned runs in two innings.

Against the Raiders, Migliore surrendered just one hit, struck out six, walked one and retired the final 13 batters he faced while throwing 62 of 99 pitches for strikes before being asked to be relieved by Mitchell.

Rummel’s lone hit was a chopped infield single by Sterling with one out in the top of the second that Baker fielded behind second base but was unable to make a throw.

“I think the big thing for me is going out there and finding out what pitches I can locate,’’ Migliore said. “The big pitch for me tonight was the inside fastball. We got a lot of hitters out on that one.

“Everybody has their games, I know that,’’ Migliore added. “Starting out 5-0, I knew that I’d eventually have one of those games. The question was when would I have it. I used (the Martin game) as a learning point.

“It taught me to be humble. You can’t think you’re going to shut everyone down. Even the best pitchers have some of the worst games. (The Martin game) was one of those games for me.’’

“It was nice to see the team kind of revive itself,’’ Mitchell, who pitched three innings in the 18-inning marathon against the Raiders last year, said. “We had a lot more energy. I’m just glad we could get the job done.’’

Roper (1-5) started in place of Rummel ace right-hander Connor McWilliams, who was ill, and did not disappoint the Raiders. The junior right-hander struck out six, walked one and nearly survived seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

The Blue Jays had at least one base runner in all six of their at-bats.

“I hate to say this, but this is still a young and inexperienced team,’’ Latino said. “We’re maturing a little more with every game. In a game like this you can see your team mature. We kept our poise. It was one of those games where it was going to come down to which team blinked and we didn’t blink.’’

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Mike Strom can be reached at Mstrom@nola.comor 504.826.3405. Follow him at twitter.com/TheMikeStrom.